(05-04-2019, 12:49 PM)SnakThree Wrote: Does Xeno NPC faction have anything to do with snakes? Because this looks like reflection of number of xeno factions rather what Xenos actually are.
The Xenos in vanilla had very spare references as to what their ship inspiration might be based on. The snake thing has steadily evolved from the rather common mantra of "mess with the viper get the fangs" and is part of tradition. The only vanilla source seems to point towards spiders, but it's evolved into snakes and spiders. With the latter being used for guns, the former for codenames. It's just a nod to this.
EDIT: Snakes are pretty symbolic of the American revolution. The thing below should prove familiar if you do some light research into the subject.